The Adoption of Children's Ordinance being a general law does not abrogate the special law set out in the Muslim Intestate Succession Ordinance which prescribes that intestate succession to any deceased Muslim domiciled in Sri Lanka shall be governed by the Muslim law applicable to the sect to which the deceased Muslim belonged.
Al ser la Ordenanza una norma general no deroga la ley especial contenida en la Ordenanza sobre sucesión abintestato de todo musulmán domiciliado en Sri Lanka.